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Are airline flight manifests public record?

Passenger information is private information. Only the airline and governments know the list of passengers on a flight which is called a manifest.



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Aircraft operators are required to report detailed information on their flight path to various national regulators, including the Federal Aviation Administration. That data is generally a matter of public record and is published to various websites popular amongst airline enthusiasts.

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The answer is no, airline staff are not permitted to divulge who is or isn't on a flight to members of the public. The most they can tell you, if you have the flight information, is the status of that particular flight, but they can't say who's on it. This is for security and privacy purposes.

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No. Only way somebody else can check your reservation is if that person knew your name, flight number and the reservation code. Even then, they would not know if you boarded the flight. No airline will give out the passenger list of a given flight.

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Airlines record information for each passenger who books or checks in for a flight, including the date the reservation was made, the passenger's contact details and baggage information. This information is called the passenger name record (PNR).

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Aircraft registration is public information in the USA, making it easy to find a locate and track a US-registered plane by it's tail number, and find out who owns it.

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“Many airlines use only the data on the boarding pass, specifically the confirmation code and last name to allow full access to your online account. These can be abused to access your personal data that is stored by the airline.”

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PASSENGER MANIFEST means a document containing the passenger's name(s), the number of persons in the party, and the airline and flight number on which the passenger arrived or will arrive.

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Regulations require that each charter flight generates several documents: Itinerary, Flight Log, Passenger Manifest, Weight and Balance, Flight Plan, and dispatch records.

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You always get to keep your original ticket and use it on another flight. If you choose to make your own arrangements, you can request an involuntary refund for the ticket for the flight you were bumped from. The denied boarding compensation is essentially a payment for your inconvenience.

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A manifest, customs manifest or cargo document is a document listing the cargo, passengers, and crew of a ship, aircraft, or vehicle, for the use of customs and other officials.

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The manifest helps cabin crew greatly in other things. In case cabin crew are not sure if a passenger sitting in business class is actually a business class passenger, they would check the manifest to see, it's less hassle than asking for the boarding as some passengers might see that as an insult.

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He took a total of 171 flights, beating out Mark Zuckerberg's 115, Sergey Brin and Larry Page's 85 and Larry Ellison's 82. (Aircraft data don't reveal who is on a jet at any given time, but it does seem like Musk is often in the same place as his plane.)

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